Objectives

Upon successful completion of the Unit 4 case study, students will be able to

• explore the various roles, responsibilities, traits, skills, and situation handling abilities required of a project manager;
• describe the importance of skills (soft and people) to get into a project management role;
• demonstrate awareness and learning about how to deal with stakeholders in the project environment for successful end results; and
• identify the potential pitfalls of a wrong decision in a transformational project.

Brief Description

This case focuses on understanding the relevance and impact of different project leadership style on project success.

Read the following case study. Provide a summary of the case and use examples from the case to:

• Discuss the ways in which wrong decision making can impact the success of a project.
• Highlight the various leadership styles that were utilized in the case. Give examples specifically from the case.
• Identify instances in which soft/people skills were utilized. How effective were these?

Case Study

Banerjee, A. (2017). A cased based comparative analysis of project management leadership styles.The Case Centre.https://www.thecasecentre.org/programmeAdmin/products/view?id=145780

https://courses.yorkvilleu.ca/pluginfile.php/1580236/mod_forum/attachment/1007776440/Case%20Study%202%20-%20Leadership%20Style.pdf